Orthodontics in Dentrix Ascend Is Here: Go Digital on Ortho Contracting, Imaging, and Documentation

For practices running ortho alongside general dentistry, or Ortho-focused groups managing multiple locations, the day-to-day workflow has often meant juggling spreadsheets for treatment tracking, disconnected billing tools, and screenshots pulled into outside editors just to build a patient report. 

Orthodontics in Ascend changes that. Wave 1 is now fully available in Dentrix Ascend, bringing ortho contracting, imaging, and clinical documentation natively into the platform, with more capability arriving in waves through early 2027. 

What Is Orthodontics in Dentrix Ascend? 

Orthodontics in Ascend is a set of ortho-specific tools built directly into Dentrix Ascend, designed for owner dentists adding or expanding ortho, orthodontists and treatment coordinators at mixed-treatment or DSO practices, and office or regional managers overseeing multiple locations. Wave 1 is available exclusively on Dentrix Ascend as a $99 per month add-on to any Ascend package. 

What's Live  

Digital Ortho Contracts 

Future Payment Plans brings fully digital ortho contracts to Ascend, eliminating the manual print, scan, and upload process that has slowed down ortho case starts. 

Purpose-Built Ortho Charting 

The new Ortho Tab gives practices structured tools for routine visit documentation, a guided new-patient diagnosis questionnaire, and phase and status tracking, all built for how ortho teams actually chart, not adapted from general dentistry workflows. 

Ortho Imaging, Built In 

The Ortho Image Template lets teams drag images directly into a template to build a polished ortho report inside the platform, so there is no more toggling out to screenshots or third-party editing tools. 

Why This Matters for Your Practice 

• Go paperless on ortho contracting, with no more print, scan, and upload. 

• Consolidate ortho imaging and documentation into one workflow instead of juggling separate systems and spreadsheets. 

• Cut routine visit documentation time and speed up new-patient exams with charting built specifically for ortho. 

What's Coming Next 

Orthodontics in Ascend is the first of four planned value waves. Next up: deeper payment-plan integration and payer payout visibility, followed by mid-treatment insurance flexibility and enterprise-grade referral management, and rounding out with proactive insurance automation to close the loop on claims. 

Groups and DSOs evaluating Orthodontics in Ascend today should know that enterprise referral management and expanded RCM tooling are on the roadmap but not yet part of Wave 1. 

 See How Orthodontics in  Dentrix Ascend Fits Your Practice 

Explore how Dentrix Ascend brings ortho contracting, charting, and imaging together in one platform, and see what's coming next as Orthodontics in Ascend expands through 2027.